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INDEX. 



POMBAT.. 



arrows, ib. ; devoured by insects, 

 609. 



Pombal, Marquis de, his expulsion 

 of the Jesuits, 382 ; his endea- 

 vours to improvethe iron manu- 

 facture of Angola, 402, 403 ; his 

 order to expel the Jesuits from 

 Tete, 643. 



l'ombeiros, native traders, sent out 

 by the Portuguese of Cassange, 

 369 ; extent of their journeys, 

 435 ; slow progress of, 447. 



Pontoon-journey, Dr. Livingstone's, 

 through the floods of the Chobe, 

 174-177 ; left behind on the 

 Leeba, 308 ; recovered, found 

 useless, 482. 



Ponuane engages to observe a trust 

 with fidelity, 230. 



Porapora, a name of the Unicorn 

 Pass, 150. 



Porcupine, the, able to resist thirst, 

 56. 



Porphyry covering mica schist, 558 ; 

 syenitic, near Tete, 626 ; syenitic 

 at the hot spring Nyamboronda, 

 634 ; two conical hills of, in the 

 gorge of Lupata, 656. 



Portugal, King of, Batoka cattle 

 presented by, to Prince Albert, 

 192. 



Portuguese of Cassange, 371, 372; 

 ready hospitality of, 383 ; readi- 

 ness of, to abandon the slave- 

 trade, 414 ; territory, population 

 of, 429 ; claim of having crossed 

 the African continent incapable 

 of proof, 531 ; the decline of their 

 power and trade at Tete, 630-632 ; 

 decline of power and wealth in 

 Eastern Africa, 631, 632 ; ori- 

 ginal system of trade at Tete, 

 630 ; disinterested kindness of, 

 652, 653. 



Portuguese half-castes carry a Baka- 

 lahari village into slavery, 180, 

 181; good education of, 218; 

 courtesy of, their discovery of the 

 Zambesi later than Dr. Living- 

 stone's, 219; traders in Shinte's 

 town, 289 ; harsh treatment of 

 their slaves, 290. 



Portuguese government, feeling 

 of, with regard to the slave- 

 trade, 395, 396 ; abuses of, 418, 

 419. 



Potato, species of, found in Africa, 

 172; of large size, grown by the 

 Maravi, 595. 



Potgeiter, Hendrick, leader of the 

 Boers into the Magaliesberg dis- 

 trict, 29 ; peaceful policy of, 32 ; 

 instructions of, to native teachers, 

 37 ; his opposition to missionary 

 efforts, 44,45. 



Potholes on the Ue used as graves, 

 616 ; near Tete, an indication of 

 the ancient sea-line, 625, 626. 



Pottery, the art of, known among 

 the Banyeti, 213. 



Potokuane, an antelope, 486. 



Pretorius, Mr., authorises an attack 

 of the Boers on the Bakwains, 

 39 ; death of, Boers' justification 

 of his policy, 119. 



Priesthood, nearest approach to a, 

 among the Africans, 219. 



Priests, African chiefs assuming the 

 office of, 581. 



R. 



Protestant missions contrasted with 

 Roman Catholic, 34. 



Public Works, Board of, at Loanda, 

 its munificence to Sekeletu, 397. 



Pukuye, African jackal, having 

 handsome fur, 50. 



Pumpkins, ceremony observed in 

 gathering the crop of, in Africa. 

 45. 



Pungo Andongo, gigantic stone pil- 

 lars of, 381 ; defences of, 406 ; its 

 reputed fertility, 419 ; columnar 

 rocks of, 420 ; fort of, geology of 

 its rocks, 421 ; the stronghold of 

 the Jinga, healthiness of its cli- 

 mate, 422 ; Dr. Livingstone leaves 

 on New Year's Day, 428 ; plants 

 of, found in the Batoka plains, 

 542. 



Pungwe, the. See Zangwe. 



Puruhuru, native name for the 

 steinbock, 50. 



Puti, native name of the duiker, 

 50. 



Pye, Messrs., letters from, detailing 

 experiments on buaze, 645, 646, 

 note. 



Quango, the, colour of its waters, 

 venomous snakes of, 364; Dr. 

 Livingstone crosses, by help of 

 Cypriano, 365, 366 ; observations 

 to determine its course, 367 ; 

 Cassange traders on, 370 ; boun- 

 dary of the Portuguese domi- 

 nions, 429 ; no European re- 

 siding beyond, 436 ; delay by 

 fever near, 439 ; source of, 440 ; 

 successful passage of, 441 ; flows, 

 with the Kasai, into the Zaire, 

 448 ; its confluence with the 

 Kasai described by a native of 

 Mai, 457. 



Quango, or Cassange, valley, the, 

 beauty of its scenery, 360 ; its 

 geological structure, 360, 361 ; 

 difficulty of crossing, 364; its 

 fertility, 368 ; Ambonda ma- 

 rauders destroyed by fire in, ib. ; 

 the cultivation of, neglected, 

 373 ; countless ages required for 

 its formation, 377. 



Quekett, Mr., his examination of 

 silicified wood, 573. 



Quendende, Sunday spent at the 

 village of, 315; mode of dressing 

 his hair, 316; accompanies Dr. 

 Livingstone to Katema, 318. 



Quito, the, glen of, described, 357 ; 

 Moena Kilkanje's village on, 446 ; 

 ascertained to flow into the Cbi- 

 paka, 448. 



Quinine, trees yielding a species of, 

 found at Tete, Senna, and Kili- 

 rnane, 647 ; invaluable in fever, 

 681. 



Quisamas, the, tribe on the Coanza, 

 their character and appearance, 

 406; staple of their trade, suc- 

 cessful resistance to the Portu- 

 guese, 407. 



Quize, the, a feeder of the Coanza, 

 378 ; wheat growing on its banks, 

 379. 



R, the letter, substituted for others 

 by the Banyai, 617. 



RICE. 



Rachosi, the Bakwain, his filial de- 

 votion contrasted with that of 

 the Makalaka, 309. 



Railway promoting the trade of 

 South Central Africa, 437. 



Rain, theory accounting for the in- 

 sufficient fall of, in South Africa, 

 95,96; in Londa, 282; heavy, of 

 Londa preventing the taking of 

 observations, 306 ; pathways de- 

 stroyed by, 327 ; in South Africa 

 following the sun, 475 ; prudence 

 of halting during, 572 ; warm, on 

 the Zambesi, 575 ; without clouds, 

 596 ; at Tete from the east, 639. 



Rain -making, Bakwain supersti- 

 tions touching, 20 ; charms used, 

 22; doctor, conversation with, 

 23-25 ; faith of the Banyai in, 605. 



Ramosantane, killed by over fa- 

 tigue, 503. 



Ramotobi, guide through the desert, 

 55 ; contempt of his fellow-tribes- 

 men for, 57 ; remonstrances of, 

 on account of slow progress, 59 ; 

 misleads Mr. Murray, 60; loses 

 the track, 61. 



Rapesh, at, meeting with Bushmen, 

 165. 



Rebeiro, Ensign, his attack and 

 capture of a rebel stockade, 663. 



Reeds used by the Bakurutse for 

 making canoes, 73. 



Refugees, Dutch and French, of 

 Cape Colony, distinct from the 

 Boers, 97, 98. 



Rego, de Silva, Senhor, his recep- 

 tion of Dr. Livingstone, 369 ; 

 offers a soldier as escort to Am- 

 baca, 374 ; superseded, 432. 



Reis, Joaquim Moreira, Bishop of 

 Angola, sends his secretary to 

 Dr. Livingstone, 390; audience 

 of, privilege granted to the Ma- 

 kololo, 391; his conversation 

 with Dr. Livingstone, 393; re- 

 forms effected by him in Loanda, 

 394 ; grants to Sekeletu, advised 

 by, 397 ; his letters of recommen- 

 dation to Tete, 626. 



Religion, no formal system of, 

 south of the Zambesi, 158 ; 

 cruelty of the, north of the Zam- 

 besi, 434, 435 ; ideas of, found in 

 the eastern provinces, 641, 642. 



Religious impressions on savages, 

 236 ; knowledge, difficulty of con- 

 veying to savages, 259 ; beliefs of 

 the Zambesian tribes, 641, 642. 



Resurrection, the, anniversary of, 

 at Cassange, 370, 371. 



Revubu. See Lofubu. 



Reza, Betoka term for the Deity, 

 567. 



Rhinoceros, the, its spoor, a sure 

 guide to water, 56 ; the straight- 

 horned variety the more wary, 

 71, 136; killing a, required 

 among Bechuanas and Caffres 

 before taking rank as men, 147 ; 

 its habit of rolling in mud, 161 ; 

 aim, in shooting, fatal to, 256, 257; 

 distinctive characteristics of the 

 black and white, 611 ; subdivision 

 into two, or into four families, 

 612 ; footprints of, 627 note. 



Rice, presented to Dr. Livingstone 

 on the Zambesi, 578 ; given by 

 Nyampungo, 605. 



